re: Dragon Fest - When GW says 7:00 GMT - ??

This may seem slightly picky to some, but it's not really very clear.
When GW says 7:00 GMT are they saying 7:00 am?
I assume they are.
However, it could be worded a bit clearer.

I do not seem to remember that GW uses 24 hour military time where 7:00 pm would be 19:00, thereby removing any confusion.

I am refering to the start of the Dragon Fest where it is stated as starting at 7:00 GMT.

GMT is 24 hour time. Go lookup Greenwich Mean Time. Once you understand it, you'll be able to figure it out just what time it will be in your area.

Yeah, but since most of the world is now on Summer time and GMT doesn't "do" day light savings (DST)... do they really mean 7AM BST (British Summer Time, which is UTC/GMT+1) !?

In the Winter I'm on CET (Central European Time, UTC/GMT+1), but since it's now summer I'm on CEST (Central European Summer Time, UTC/GMT+2). So I'm now 2 hours ahead of GMT, but still only 1 hour ahead of Britain (where Greenwich is...) GMT is confusing to me, since the Brits seem to think that THEY are GMT all the time (i.e. BST=GMT).

You ask me, UTC is better since everyone's clear that UTC has no daylight savings...

Er, actually we don't. We are quite aware of the difference between GMT and BST.
Why would we not be?

Precedent implies that it'll be 7AM GMT (2AM EST/11PM PST). At least, If I recall correctly, this is normally the time the large-scale events have begun.

Its really simple... 07:00 GMT means 7am... it's a 24 Hour cloak system.

Currently the time in the UK is GMT+1, as its currently Daylight Saving Summer Time.

British Summer Time begins on May 26th this year and ends Oct 29th

During DST, clocks are turned forward an hour, effectively moving an hour of daylight from the morning to the evening.

We Brits know more then you think

I could swear EST=GMT-5, then of course the +1 for Daylight savings for an overall GMT-4. That means EST=3am, PST=12midnight... that sounds more on par.

Bah, forgot about DST It's somewhere in there.

it starts when you log on and get a update

Yep you are correct. I am Central Time Zone and it equates to 2 AM

So timezone run down is:

7 AM GMT
12 AM Pacific
1 AM Mountain
2 AM Central
3 AM Eastern

Don't tell me i have to go on at 3 am, I'm confused what time do i have to go on, i am in the US ET (Eastern time)?

Thats just when it starts. It runs for several days so get a good nights sleep and play your little heart out when you wake up. =)

Yea thanks I under stand now.


Lets have a fun party

I have to play at 3 am . I am going on vacation tommorow starting in teh afternoon

Look at my question no it starts at 3 am tomorrow and ends July 5.

It starts at Midnight PST Washington time where ANet is located. Add 7 hours to that to get GMT which equals 7:00am. Their events always go from midnight to midnight PST. It is from 6/30 to 7/5 so you will have plenty of time to collect the orbs you need.